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Electric lighting
Vict. c. 19), has incorporated in one Act the usual clauses of provisional orders and special Acts, and directed that such clauses are to apply to every undertaking under the Electric Lighting Acts except so far as
Affidavit
Affidavit [fr. affidare, M. Lat., to pledge one's faith, fr. fides, Lat.], a written statement sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath. By the practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, all evidence...
Account or Accompt
taken (R. S. C., Ord. III., r. 8), and in such cases the order made must include the directions which were usual in the Court of Chancery. (Ib., Ord. XV., rr. 1, 2.) As to the Court's
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living will
living will : a document in which the signer indicates preferences or directions for the administration and esp. the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining medical treatment in the event of terminal
Dichroism
The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light when viewed in two different directions the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes
motion
committee] 2 a : an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction [a to arrest judgment] ;also : a document containing such an application b : the initiative of a
order
"California Code of Civil Procedure"] c : a command issued by a military superior 4 a : a direction regarding the party to whom a negotiable instrument shall be paid [pay to the of John Doe] see
process
process 1 : a continuous operation, art, or method esp. in manufacture [whoever invents or discovers any new and useful …may obtain a patent therefor "U.S. Code"] 2 a : procedure see also abuse of process,...
rule
guide for conduct or action b : a regulating principle or precept 2 a : an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that
service
service 1 : the act of delivering to or informing someone of a writ, summons, or other notice as prescribed by law [after of process] see also notice by publication at notice, substituted service, summons NOTE:...
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